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Architecture Journals
Select "Architecture Journals" for click-on links.
Yahoo Architecture Magazines
Nearly 50 titles on architecture and related topics.
Abitare
Deals with architecture, design, furniture, & events (contents' details only).
L'ARCA
A monthly magazine of architecture, design and visual communication (contents lists, with bilingual summaries of articles).
ArchiNed
The architecture site of the Netherlands, with news, articles and links, in Dutch & English.
Archis
Journal of the Netherlands Architecture Institute has the contents' list for the latest & previous issues, plus a full-text version of current and previous feature articles.
Architects on line
Multi-lingual, on-line magazine, featuring articles, architects, forum, & products.
AJ Plus: Architects' Journal
The AJ site claims to be the first daily news service in this area, & in addition has a Photo Gallery, directory of building products, plus a Buildings Bank - an extensive collection of reports on buildings, complete with images, description & drawings.
Architectural Forum
Exists to provide "a means of promoting aesthetic & architectural discussion", and includes Cyberspaces, construction photographs and projects.
Architectural Lighting Magazine
Published quarterly for those involved in the design & specification of electrical lighting, with full-text articles on projects and design solutions, plus products and links.
Architectural Record
Magazine of the American Institute of Architects, with full-text articles, interviews, virtual reality tours of Record Houses, etc.
Architectural Review
Gives contents' lists for current and previous issues, plus directory and links.
Architecture Australia
The official national magazine of the RAIA, with current contents' list only.
Architecture Magazine (Archit)
An American architectural journal with full-text articles from the latest issue.
Architecture Show Magazine - Archizine
An Internet edition of the Australian magazine, with well-illustrated articles on architect-designed homes & projects, plus useful links.
Arkkithi
This Finnish architectural journal includes full-text articles, most with English translations.
Arquitectura Viva/AV Monographs
These offer general information on architecture, covering new ideas & trends (Spanish/English, with contents' lists for current and back issues, and a summary essay).
Australian Building News
A trade magazine, aimed at specifiers in architecture, building, etc.
Basilisk
An online journal of film, architecture, etc., with some useful images and articles.
Builder & Engineer On-line
The site aims to act as a digest of the contents of Builder and Engineer magazine and also as an archive and database for those searching for information about the UK construction industry. Projects are listed by type, then name.
Builder Online
An information source for the US Home Building Industry which includes news & reports, products and 1000’s of house plans, searchable by style, size & cost.
Building
The magazine for Canada's Development Industry, with full-text articles from the latest edition, plus archives.
Building Design & Construction Magazine
Articles on the US construction scene.
Building Innovation & Construction Technology
(CSIRO Built Environment Sector)
This Australian online magazine showcases new technology products & services, & includes research projects, green initiatives, Heritage Collections & environments.
Buildings Magazine
American, with full-text articles from current & previous editions, plus Buildings Interiors.
El Croquis
Bimonthly, it presents the most important designs & works of architecture on the international scene (good images from previous editions).
Current Architecture/Alberta Architecture
Architectural work by Alberta architects, featuring high quality images, & discussions by the architects themselves, plus useful links.
Domus
The Italian magazine on architecture , design & art (contents lists from previous editions, Italian/English text, some images, plus links).
Habitat
Newsletter from the CTI Centre for the Built Environment, looking at the use of computers in the teaching of architecture, planning, construction & property management.
Irish Construction Magazine
A shorter version of articles in the current print version.
The Journal of Architecture
Published by the Royal Institute of British Architects/E&FN Spon (contents' lists only).
Journal of Architectural Engineering
This ASCE journal aims to provide practice-based information on engineering & technical issues relating to building design: topics such as planning & finance; design, construction & maintenance; conversion, renovation & preservation
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
Contents' listing plus abstracts for the most recent issue only.
Metropolis Magazine Online
Covers architecture, design & the changing world (full-text of current & previous editions).
School Construction News
A US online source for design, construction, management & operation of educational facilities. Click on Services for archived articles.
Texas Architect
The magazine of the Texas Society of Architects online (articles from the current issue, with quality images).
Timber Framing Magazine Online
Designed to offer you complete information on planning, designing, building & enclosing your own timber frame home', the site includes articles on post & beam construction and Alternative Building Methods.US Glass
This website offers industry news for the architectural, fenestration, metal and glazing industries, content from US Glass magazine, including archived articles, & product information.
Worldarch Europe
A new e-journal, which aims to be 'your guide to architecture & manufacturers', the site features projects & links to architects' websites, but currently no manufacturers.
Note that the quality of images on the sites below is variable & sometimes poor, but where individual sites are listed, it should be possible to enlarge most of the given images to some extent by clicking on them. Copyright considerations should always be taken into account when using these images.
Finding Images on the Web
A very useful website which covers image search engines, downloading & copyright, guides & directories.
19th & 20th Century Architecture & Design: the Aesthetic Movement
FSW Architects offer their favourite links to sites on the Aesthetic Movement between 1870's - 1930's. Many sites have images of buildings, crafts & objects from the period.
Aardvaark: the RMIT Guide to Selected Contemporary Melbourne Architecture
Contemporary architecture of Melbourne & surrounding areas is searchable by an alphabetical index of architects (with brief project details, including cost), & by location, with clickable image maps.
AcIS Imaging: [Columbia University] Digital Image Access Project
Images currently on offer include the Empire State Building, Amiens Cathedral & Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel, Florence.
Africa
With links to home pages of all African countries, plus the African Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania, some web pages include images of architecture, design & historical sites.
AGRAM: Architectural Information
The work of some "historically important" architects is presented on this site in photographs, drawings & models (currently mostly photographs). Architects covered are Le Corbusier, Duiker, Jujol, Loos, Schinkel & Melnikov.
AICT: Art Images for College Teaching
AICT is a royalty-free image exchange resource for the educational community, with a limited collection of images of architecture, art and sculpture, indexed by period.
Altavista: "Images" Search Option
Click on the "Images" connection under the "Multimedia Search" option, & then enter a search term in the box.
American Landscape & Architectural Design, 1850 - 1920
A collection of about 2,800 lantern slides, giving an historical view of American buildings & landscapes. There are views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates & gardens, and it presents the work of former Harvard Faculty members, such as Olmsted, Pond & Pray.
Amiens Cathedral Project
Images include photographs, drawings, computer graphics, flash animation & Quicktime movies.
Arcaid
Arcaid supplies architectural & interior design images to picture users world wide, & the site illustrates some of the many photographs held. Many of these are by Richard Bryant.
Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania
The Archives preserve the works of more than 250 designers from the C18th. to the present.
Architecture & Interior Design for Twentieth Century America: photographs by Samuel Gottscho & William Schleisner, 1935 - 1955
The collection comprises over 29,000 images, primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors & exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, etc., all searchable by subject.
0lll: Architecture Photographs
Photographs of architecture from around the world are good (but small). Many are taken from unusual angles. The directory of buildings can be browsed by country, city or architect.
Archivision
An educational image resource for architecture, landscape, public art & design: slides may be ordered, but there is also a collection of image samples, and some of the new collections may be advertised as "illustrated".
Art History Resources on the Web
This huge & well-maintained site is the work of Prof. Chris Whitcomb of Sweetwater College. It includes illustrated lecture notes on aspects of art from Prehistory to Modern, with copious links to other websites. Links are arranged by period, and include architecture, painting & sculpture.
Art Museums
Search Yahoo for relevant links by subject, including architecture & design arts.
ArtsEdNet
This is the art education website of the Getty Center, with Image Galleries where artworks are listed by artists' name, by title & by date; plus exhibitions, & links to other art sites.
ArtServe
A huge database, ArtServe gives access to over 130,000 images, all concerned in some way with the history of art & architecture, many from the Mediterranean Basin. Images are organised by country, some by period, and all are searchable by subject.
Bauhaus, Weimar Dessau 1919 - 1939
Illustrated examples of Members' design & architecture, plus a set of downloadable images.
Bauhaus-Archiv Museum fur Gestaltung
A tour through the Museum's building in Berlin & its collections. The images are mostly black & white.
Castles on the Web
The site offers links, photographs, castle site of the day & free web pages.
Chicago Imagebase
This is a web-based project being developed at the University of Illinois aimed at enhancing knowledge about the built environment in Chicago, with maps, images & aerial photographs.
Church Crawler
Phil Draper's "ongoing celebration of church architecture", featuring less-well-known churches, with images & descriptions of churches from Vienna to Bristol to Stockholm.
Churches: Site of the Ecclesiological Society
Church architecture, church furnishings & even church liturgy: the site includes a featured Site of the Month (previous Sites are listed here, & include a clickable tour of a model Medieval church).
Cities/Buildings Image Database
A collection of digitized images, begun in 1995, of buildings & cities, ancient & modern, from across the world. Fully searchable, a Java 2 plug-in is required to use the database.
Claude Monet's Garden, Giverny
Jennifer Durran's photographs of the garden & house.
Colour Tour of Egypt
Images are of Abu Simbel, Luxor, etc., are from the Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology.
Cumbria - the Lake District: the Buildings of Cumbria
The site lists almost 300 attractions which are building-based, by location & building type (art galleries, theatres & cinemas, historic houses, stations, etc.), plus details of some architects who worked in Cumbria.
Cupola
In the Building Galleries, images are arranged by period/style (Art Nouveau, Medieval, Victorian, Revival) and by type of structure (bridges, dams, etc.), and there are also Art Galleries, and Landscapes & Gardens.
DADArt
A virtual gallery, the site includes some architecture images (Massimiliano Fuksas is on the Scientific Board).
Digital Archive of Architecture
Taken from slides from a collection belonging to Prof. Jeffery Howe of Boston College, images are indexed by period, with further categories on Belgian & American architecture. There is also a huge collection of art links.
Digital Atlas of England Project
Doctor Digi's digital photographic library aiming to record all the buildings of architectural importance in England.
Digital Imaging Project
Art historical images of European & North American architecture & sculpture from Classical Greek to Post-modern, the site is maintained by Mary Ann Sullivan of Bluffton College. The large collection is indexed by architect & artist, & also listed by country & then by building name, and there is a further category for Women Architects.
Digital Librarian: Architecture
A librarian's (Margaret Vail Anderson's) choice of the best of the Web, a broad collection covering architecture & design, many sites including images.
Diva: Digital Images of the Visual Arts
The website of Monash University Faculty of Arts, there are dozens of images of C19th & C20th Melbourne architecture, plus Sydney Opera House and Australian painting & sculpture.
Durham Cathedral & Castle
This UNESCO World Heritage website offers a tour of the buildings with notes & images.
Eighteenth Century Resources - Art
Images of art, architecture & landscape gardening, these are mostly of art & mostly from C18th, but there are also some from C19th & C20th. The site is edited by Jack Lynch.
Ennis-Brown House, Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
The site includes a brief history & a photographic tour of this Los Angeles house.
Esto
Esto is a commercial enterprise with available, stock images of architecture & the built environment. The Gallery section shows projects photographed by Peter Aaron & others, & a cross-section of modern architecture by Ezra Stoller.
FBE: Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales
The fbe website has many images of student work, including 3D modelling & rendering, exhibits by degree, & a picture gallery of photographs, mostly of architecture of Sydney & NSW, e.g. Sydney Harbour
Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library: Visual Resources
A well organised & extensive list of links to Image sites on the web, with sections on general images, as well as art and architecture.
Frac Centre
Based in Orleans, since 1991 the Centre has been putting together a collection focusing on the relationship between art and architecture. The collection is divided into 3 periods, from the experimental architecture of the 1950's & 1960's, through major international projects of the 1980's, to young architecture from Seraji, Roche, etc. Projects are presented from the first sketch to the final model.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922 -1932
An exhibition held in the Library of Congress Madison Gallery in1996/97 which focused on 5 unrealised projects - a prototypical suburb, resorts, an automobile objective, a desert retreat - with models, perspectives & details of the projects.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Home & Studio Foundation
A well-illustrated site about the home & studio at Oak Park, Illinois, & the Robie House on the University of Chicago campus.
FreeFoto.com
Free for private, non-commercial use, c 38,000 images are divided into a number of main categories: buildings appear under many, including Business.
Free Images: Buildings and World Travel
Free Images is a high quality resource of digital stock photographic images for use by all (use requires a credit to this site): topics include structures, London & New York.
Gamble House (Charles & Henry Greene)
There is a virtual tour of the house in Pasadena, Charles & Henry Greene's masterpiece of the American Arts & Crafts Movement.
Gallery of Interactive Geometry
Programs on this site allow users to compute implicitly defined curves in the plane, create Escher-like tilings & infinite knots, & much more.
Getty Centre
The home page offers a study of the Getty Center building from conception to completion, as well as images from the Museum, & links to ArtsEdNet, with Image Galleries & Exhibitions & links to art websites.
Great Buildings Collection
Great Buildings Online documents over 1000 buildings & 100's of leading architects with 3D models, photographic images & architectural drawings.
History of Western Architecture
Part of the Leo Masuda Homepage, architectural images are arranged by period, from Ancient to Baroque, with a further collection on Mayan.
Images of England
English Heritage is building a photographic record of England's 360,000 listed buildings, aiming to complete by 2002. The first 15,000 images should be available.
In the Mind of the Architect
Companion to an Australian ABC TV documentary, this is a tour through Australia's innovative architecture & architects, with text, slides, images & audio visual excerpts.
Islamic Architecture
Arabic and Islamic Architecture
This site, maintained by Alia F. Hasan, offers articles on buildings, trends & architects, with links to image resources.Isfahan Islamic Architecture
An archive of photographs & descriptions of some of the most interesting & unusual structures from a wide range of Islamic architectural styles from the C11th to the C19th.Islamic Architecture: Islamic Arts & Architecture Organisation
The site gives brief descriptions of metal work, wood work, cultural objects & Islamic shrines & buildings, with a number of clickable images.IslamiCity: Islamic Art & Culture
Links to sites on culture & the arts.
Italian Renaissance Gardens
Images of Italian gardens & villas, such as the Villa Trebbio & the Villa Farnese.
Itineraires du Patrimone
A French Ministry of Culture site which aims to give details of French regional architecture, & includes some images of local materials, country houses & villages, etc.
Japan
Castles of Japan
Images of castles are searchable by alphabetic or geographic index.Images from Japan
General images, including architecture.Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period
Photographic images searchable by keyword.
Lava Gallery
A collection of images grouped under the headings Museums, Prague, Groningen, & Rem Koolhaas' "Maison a Bordeaux".
Lighthouse Society of Great Britain
The site includes photographic images, but most are from beyond Great Britain.
Mission 66 Visitor Centers: Modern Architecture in the National Parks
The site illustrates early modern architecture in the US National Parks Service, 1956 -1966, with photographs & some plans & sections of visitor centres.
Monuments & Sights of Egypt
Ancient, Islamic, Christian & Jewish monuments are included in image & brief text.
Monuments of the Future: Designs by EL Lissitzky
Hundreds of images of Lissitzky's designs, based on the holdings of the Getty Research Institute.
Periferia: Architecture & Urban Design in the Caribbean
Projects, with images & text (in Spanish), from Cuba, Puerto Rico & the Dominican Republic, etc.
Photo.net
Originally founded by Philip Greenspun, the site has thousands of high quality images, browsable by subject & photographer, plus an example-based tutorial on photographing buildings. & a vast collection of links to other photo sites.
Photographic Libraries
The stock images, film & photo archives listed provide a creative source for libraries, education centres, and anyone researching visual communications. The photographic library and archival resource contains national and private photographic collections. Included are images both freely & commercially available.
Pompeii Forum Project (University of Virginia)
A report from the project, consisting of text, images, architectural plans & reconstructions.
Praha Experience
A tour of Prague in images, including views and an essay on Frank Gehry's "Fred & Ginger" building.
Pritzker Architecture Prize
The site gives a complete list of Laureates,1979-1999. Use the chronological list for brief biographical information, a photo gallery of the works & a monograph on the architect.
Renaissance & Baroque Architecture
Images scanned from slides used in a course at the University of Virginia, including a large number for the works of Brunelleschi & Classicism.
Renzo Piano Workshop Foundation
This 'Official Site' contains details & images of previous works: the Drawings Archive is still under construction.
Richard Meier & Partners
Details & images from past and recent projects, plus a brief biography & bibliography.
Roman Art & Architecture
Images are grouped by historical periods & by location.
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH): Image Exchange
A joint database of members' slides, offering world coverage from ancient to modern, the collection also contains an American Survey, 1600 - 1976, with images from ancient burial mounds to buildings by Mies van der Rohe & I.M. Pei.
SkewArch
Architects are indexed under Master Architects & Contemporary Architects (a very small number). Each architect's Projects usually offers a few small images, & there are further links.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Homepage for the firm, with images of 'classic' & current projects, including planning & interiors.
SUNET Index of Architecture Pictures (Swedish University Network)
A collection of images of buildings varying from the Alhambra to Parc Citroen, with the largest file being of Renaissance & Baroque architecture.
Thais in 2000
Egyptian, Greek, Islamic & Romanesque architecture in black & white images, indexed by locality, subject & period.
Victorian Web: the Arts in Victorian Britain
This is part of a website on life in the Victorian era which covers design, taste & style (including the 1851 exhibition), painting & sculpture, architects & architecture.
Virtual Venice
For an architectural tour, the city has been divided into areas which correspond with the traditional administrative districts of Venice.
Volume 5: Art, Architecture & Construction for the New Millenium
A peer website to SkewArch, there are design profiles, interviews with architects, most with small images included, plus student work & a student image gallery.
Washington As It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak 1923 -1959
There are about 14,350 photographs, taken in 1920's - 1940's, of the architecture & social life of the area, subject-indexed & searchable by keyword.
Note that the quality of images on the sites below is variable & sometimes poor, but where individual sites are listed, it should be possible to enlarge most of the given images to some extent by clicking on them. Copyright considerations should always be taken into account when using these images.
Finding Images on the Web
A very useful website which covers image search engines, downloading & copyright, guides & directories.
Accredited Online College Degrees
A well indexed site of selected internet sources in art & art history, with categories which include image databases, museums, areas, periods & genres.
Art Bin Gallery
Brad Brace, photographer & graphic artist, offers a website of images of some of his own work, and that of other artists, including paintings, computer art, & sculpture.
Art Crimes
Photographs & images of graffiti from around the world.
Art History Resources on the Web
This huge & well-maintained site is the work of Prof. Chris Whitcomb of Sweetwater College. It includes illustrated lecture notes on aspects of art from Prehistory to Modern, with copious links to other websites, arranged by period. Links are arranged by period, and include architecture, painting & sculpture.
Art Museums
Search Yahoo for relevant links by subject, including architecture & design arts.
Art on the Net
The site includes websites maintained by individual artists, news, art shows & resources.
ArtMagick
This is a non-profit virtual museum, displaying paintings & poetry from the art movements of 19th/20th centuries, placing emphasis on forgotten or neglected artists.
ArtsEdNet
This is the art education website of the Getty Center, with Image Galleries, where artworks are listed by artists' name, by title & by date; exhibitions, & links to other art websites.
DADArt
A virtual gallery, the site includes some architecture images (Massimiliano Fuksas is on the Scientific Board).
Digital Archive of Art: Online Images from Boston College
Taken from slides from a collection belonging to Prof. Jeffery Howe, paintings & sculpture are indexed by period & artist, & the database is also searchable by subject. There are links to Prof. Howes' digital archives for architecture, plus a huge collection of art links.
Digital Imaging Project
Art historical images of European & North American architecture & sculpture from Classical Greek to Post-modern, the site is maintained by Mary Ann Sullivan of Bluffton College. The large collection is indexed by architect & artist, & also listed by country & then by building name, and there is a further category for Women Architects.
Diva: Digital Images of the Visual Arts
The website of Monash University of arts, there are dozens of images of C19th & C20th Melbourne architecture, plus Sydney Opera House and Australian painting & sculpture.
Eighteenth Century Resources - Art
Images of art, architecture & landscape gardening, these are mostly of art & mostly from C18th, but there are also some from C19th & C20th. The site is edited by Jack Lynch.
EuroGallery
A National Gallery multimedia project allowing a search of major European collections of paintings through a single website portal, using either English or French: collections covered include the Hemitage, St Petersburg, & the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Free Graphics
Links to web graphics, fonts, wallpapers, animated graphics, clipart, etc. - all free for personal use.
French Ministry of Culture & Communication
Follow links to the "Internet Culturel" for the museums of France online, with access to many images of paintings, sculptures & photographs.
Gallery of Interactive Geometry
Programs on this site allow users to compute implicitly defined curves in the plane, create Escher-like tilings & infinite knots, & much more.
Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage website gives a virtual tour of the building, highlights of the exhibits, virtual exhibitions & a digital collection.
Israeli Museum, Jerusalem
The site includes images of Israeli art, ancient & modern.
Jim Breen's Ukiyo-e Gallery
Japanese artwork by a number of artists.
Kyoto National Museum
The site allows access to high-quality images of over 100 of the finest masterpieces in this Japanese museum.
Masters of Photography
Photographers featured include Robert Adams, Atget, Muybridge & Rodchenko, with further web links.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Click on "The Collection" for images of a selection of art & artifacts held by the Museum, which includes architectural sculpture, decorative arts, fashion & photography.
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
Features selections from the Collections under Architecture & Design, Painting & Sculpture, etc.
National Gallery (London): The Collection
The entire collection of the Gallery's 2,400 works are available here online.
National Gallery of Art (Washington)
The collection is searchable by specific artist, title & by subject. Click on the "images only" box.
Renaissance Art
Images of works by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci & Michaelangelo.
Rhinoceros Gallery
Samples of images for 3D models of spacecraft, aircraft, land vehicles, architecture, etc.
Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington)
Over 4,000 quality images are indexed by artist, subject, & category, such as photography, sculpture or portraits, & the site also includes online exhibitions.
Smithsonian Institute, Office of Imaging, Printing & Photographic Services
Almost 1000 gif files, covering topics ranging from air & space, to science, nature, technology, history & people-places.
SYMBOLS.com
The world's largest online encyclopaedia of graphic symbols.
Virtual Libraries Museums Page
Links to museum sites world-wide, many of which display images of popular works held.
Virtual Religion Index
A website of Rutgers University with links to web resources in archaeology, religious art & architecture, & more general coverage of these topics, with images of varying quality; categories offered include Hindu, Greco-Roman & American studies.
Vision & Art
A tutorial by Dr. J. Krantz on the use of visual information in art, illustrating perception of depth, colour & form.
Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)
VADS provides, preserves & promotes high quality digital resources in the visual arts. The current site holds images of the Imperial War Museum Art Collection, London College of Printing Fashion Archive, plus East End art & art organisations. There is also a guide to good practice for creating & storing visual images.
Web Gallery of Art
The Gallery is a virtual museum & searchable database of European painting & sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance & Baroque periods, 1200 - 1700, with over 6,500 high-quality reproductions.
World Wide Art Resources
WWAR offers an interactive arts gateway to qualitative arts information on the net, with access to artists, museums & galleries, art & art history, dance, theatre & architecture.
About.com Guide to Architecture
Guide to useful web-links arranged by subject, from Ancient architecture to Feng Shui, and from Green architecture to Women & architecture.
ADAM
Subject links to art, design, architecture and the media.
Architects' Registration Board (ARB)
The ARB site covers the whole spectrum of Architectural activities from education to careers, to regulations, code of conduct & complaints, plus, of course, a register of members.
Architectural Heritage Web Pages
Links to groups such as SAVE and the Georgian group's web sites.
Architectural Images and Exhibits
Images retrievable from the Cyburbia web site.
Architecture.com
Royal Institute of British Architects' web site includes architects and practices, news, exhibitions, search engines, directories, images, and a large number of web-links, loosely listed by subject. There is a click-on link to the RIBA library catalogue.
Architecture and Building
Web site on American architecture and planning, created by Jeanne Brown of the University of Nevada, plus a huge Internet architectural database.
Arts
Gateway to arts information and culture on the Internet - artists (painting, sculpture, photographs, design), museums, galleries, performing arts.
Arts and Crafts Society
Covers architects and designers from the Arts & Crafts Movement, including links to other web resources and images.
Artsource: Architecture Internet Resource Guide
Another site compiled by Jeanne Brown, which covers architecture, construction and AEC sites, real estate, housing, urban areas, energy and environment.
Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library
This is part of Columbia University and its renowned architecture
collection
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
CABE "inspires people to demand more from their buildings and
spaces" includes case studies on some of the best new buildings
and public spaces in the UK.
Center for Landscape Research (CLRNET)
Contains Virtual Libraries, links to www references which are of direct or related interest to architects and landscape architects.
CTI Centre for the Built Environment
Aims to encourage use of learning technologies in UK higher education, and includes software, case studies and Internet tools, plus links to web-based built environment resources.
Construction Industry Computing Association (CICA)
Details of the organisation and its publications, and links to construction resources on the Internet.
Cyburbia: Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center
Large index of Internet resources for the built environment.
Design Online
The Dezine Café for conversation & inspiration, Compass for organisations & images, Dezine Digerati for links to design.
Energy Systems Research Unit
Strathclyde University's ESRU Internet links to buildings and energy.
Friends of the Earth
Campaigns, publications and hot links to environmental web sites.
International Solar Energy Society
Contents lists for latest copies of Solar Energy journal, links to UK Solar Energy Society web pages and others.
Intute: Architecture
Access to quality web business resources from the Resources Discovery Network (RDN)
Lighting Images Technology
Lists lighting companies and products; 'Projects' section displays actual case studies from completed projects, by building type, e.g. hotels, schools, etc.
Lighting Research Centre (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Links to lighting sources on the web, products and standards, DELTA (Demonstration And Evaluation of Lighting Technologies and Applications.
Lighting Resource
Products, articles, and links to worldwide lighting sources on the net.
Preserve/net
From the Cornell University website, find links relating to historic preservation for architects, landscape architecture, art and culture.
RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information)
Details of organisations, practices, resources, gateways, case studies and design guidance.
Geography.about.com
World Atlas: maps & geography of the world includes maps & geographical information.
GeographyIQ
This resource is an online world atlas, with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information, including maps & climate information.
Get-a-map
A free mapping service form Ordnance survey which allows users to download up to 10 maps for personal use.
You may search for maps anywhere in the UK simply by entering the place name, full postcode or National Grid reference then print or copy them for use on your personal or business web site.
GIS.com
This offers itself as your internet guide to Geographic Information Systems. GIS is explained, there is an opportunity to try it & there are links to software, some free.
John Rocque's Map of London – 1746
John Rocque's map of London was published in the form of 24 sheets at a scale of 26 inches to the mile.
Map of John Snow’s London in 1859
There are two indices for the map, one presenting historical sites & reference areas relevant to Dr. John Snow & the other showing historical sites for London. Also presented are links to Greenwood's Map of London, 1827, to Charles Booth's 1889 Descriptive Map of London & to the current UK Street Map.
Mappy
Maps for any journey in the UK or Europe, searchable by place name, district or street.
Multimap.com
Maps are searchable by address, down to post code level, and aerial photographs are available for view/purchase.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin)
Maps are searchable by continent, then country, and were mostly produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. There are also historical maps, and links to maps on other web sites, by city and region, as well as country.
Streetmap.co.uk
Maps are searchable by address, including postcode, and also by Landranger/OS grid.
Advanced Building: Technologies and Practices
A building professional's guide to more than 90 environmentally-appropriate technologies and practices to improve the energy and resource efficiency of commercial, industrial and multi-unit residential buildings, with case studies & links.
Air Infiltration & Ventilation Centre (AIVC)
AIVC is part of the International Energy Agency, & the site gives researchers access to many academic publications on health, comfort & energy use in buildings.
Amazing Environmental Organizations Web Directory
One of the most extensive & well-maintained lists on environmental subjects, searchable by categories, which include energy, design and sustainable development.
American Solar Energy Society
This site gives an introduction to solar technologies, conference highlights, contents lists of Solar Today magazine, plus links.
Apparatus Architecture
This is an architectural firm specialising in residential & commercial design, which mostly uses conventional construction techniques, but also uses green building products & practices. Not all design projects are green, but note the Welch/Blenis Residence.
ARCHOO: The Australian Architectural Directory
Australian & International Architecture, Architects & Buildings & Eco-architecture.
Architecture & Building Guide
University of Nevada's Library website has a huge list of links, including green design.
Arcosanti
An experimental town in the Arizona desert, designed by Paulo Soleri, with compact structures intended to minimise impact on the landscape.
Association for Environment Conscious Building
AECB was formed to encourage greater environmental awareness within the UK construction industry, & the site has product news, a discussion forum, plus links.
Australian Greenhouse Office
There is a "Home design guide" under "Energy Efficiency", plus links to the Australian Renewable Energy Website.
BDSP Partnership
Follow links under Sample Projects. The site includes a solar penetration simulation for the scheme.
Beddington Zero Energy Development
The Development is an environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient mix of housing & work space, offering an example of sustainable living in a converted sewage works in Sutton.
BP Solarex
As part of a background in photovoltaic technology are included details of how PV's may be integrated into buildings.
British Wind Energy Association
BWEA promotes the use of wind energy in & around the UK.
Broadway Architects: Sustainable Architecture, Environmental Design
A consulting service specialising in sustainable community
planning & architecture, boasting extensive hands-on experience
( since the 1970's) in ecologically sensitive green building projects
incorporating energy-efficient, healthy housing and sustainable
development strategies.
Brown is Green
This Brown University website offers the Blueprint for a Green Campus, with text and images of environmentally responsible structures, such as teaching laboratories & research facilities.
Building Concerns/Interior Concerns
An arena for interior design professionals and others, supporting ecologically sustainable design and building, offering a newsletter, resource guide and directories.
Building Energy Efficiency Research (BEER), Hong Kong University
A useful site, which deals with issues such as climate analysis, energy simulation & standards relating to Hong Kong & mainland China. It includes some web-based learning materials suitable for architects & other construction professionals.
Building Environmental Science and Technology
BEST helps to implement innovative environmental practices in new and existing buildings. It provides consulting services on "green" design techniques, energy efficiency, renewable energy, building materials, and indoor environmental quality.
Building Research Establishment
The primary UK research organisation for buildings & construction, the BRE website covers environmental & sustainability issues, including BREEAM details & case studies.. In the A –Z index, click on Sustainable construction or Sustainable energy.
Building Technologies Department - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories
BTP conducts research on all aspects of energy efficiency in buildings, including windows & daylighting, lighting & commercial buildings systems, and software.
Cal Earth
The California Institute of Art & Architecture is an educational programme of the Geltaftan Foundation, & specialises in earth art & ceramic architecture.
California Materials Exchange: CALMAX
CALMAX aims to conserve energy, resources & landfill space by helping businesses & organisations to find alternatives to the disposal of materials or wastes. Useful for articles on constructive re-use of materials, plus links.
Canadian Business Environmental Performance Office
Offering information to help businesses become greener, the section on construction includes on-line sourcebooks on designing for energy efficiency.
Center for Environmental Design Research (CEDR)
Visit particularly the Center for the Built Environment for resources, software tools & links, and also the Vital Signs Project.
Center for Maximum Building Potential Systems
"Max's Pot" is a non-profit organisation with experience in the application of appropriate technologies & sustainable design practices. The site is useful for project details & links.
Center for Resourceful Building Technology: CRBT
This is a non-profit organisation, dedicated to promoting environmentally responsible practices in construction with emphasis on innovative building materials & technology.
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
CAT, based at Machynlleth, is concerned with the search for sustainable, whole & ecologically sound technologies & life-styles. Its web site offers a virtual tour of the demonstration projects.
Centre for Sustainability: C4S
A sustainable development consultancy providing a co-ordinated
approach to clients engaged in sustainable development.
Certified Forest Products Council
The Forest Products Buyers Group and the Good Wood Alliance merged to form the CFPC to promote the specification and purchase of certified forest products.
Civano: Community
An example of a planned, mixed-use community in Tucson, Arizona, with building designs featuring energy & resource-efficient design, including passive solar.
Cob Cottage Company
Cob buildings use hands & feet to form lumps of earth mixed with sand & straw to build structures, of which the site contains dozens of images.
CoHousing Company
This is an architectural design & consulting firm formed specifically to build cohousing communities, which offer greater resource efficiency in terms of materials & energy.
Comet Studios
The website of an architectural consortium specialising in environmentally conscious planning & design, with project images & details, plus links.
CSIRO Built Environment Sector: 'Green' Initiatives
Committed to reducing the total energy consumed by all processes in the creation of buildings, also covering air quality, ventilation, & emissions.
Demi Guide to Design for Sustainability
Demi is a Goldsmith’s College project which aims to link design to sustainability debates using an online information landscape.
Earth Building Foundation: EBF
EBF's mission is to help people learn how to utilise earth building (adobe & rammed earth) for better, safer, shelter, with technical information & useful bibliographic database.
Earthship Global Website
An interesting site, with some useful information on, & images of, building materials, appliances, & "earthships" - dwellings constructed of tires & aluminium cans.
EcoArch
Subtitled "Towards ecological architecture", this site has the EcoNews Magazine, publications lists, projects, EcoCommunities, software, solar energy & ecoLighting.
Ecological Design Institute
Founded by architect Sim Van der Ryn, EDI proposes a marriage of nature & technology, using ecology as a basis for design. EcoDesign gives principles and examples of projects.
Ecosustainable Hub
Eco Sustainable Developments provides a team of Australian & international professionals drawn from many different disciplines, with a common goal of facilitating, developing & servicing sustainability. There are links to over 100 Sustainable Projects of Interest.
Ecosustainable Hub: Environment/Sustainability Links
A massive list of resources & tools on ecology, environment and sustainability.
Eco-Village Network
The Gaia Trust aims to support the development of sustainable human settlements and GEN Resource Database has an extensive collection of relevant book titles, journals and web-links.
EcoVillage
A new community in Loudoun County, Virginia, with plans of buildings designed to achieve energy efficiency, using environmentally friendly technology.
Ecovillage Network
The Gaia Trust aims to support the development of sustainable human settlements. GEN Resource Database has an extensive collection of relevant books, journals and web links.
Emilis Prelgauskas, architect
The website of an Australian architect, whose projects & photo library reflect works designed for ecological sustainability & self-sufficiency.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
US Department of Energy site, offering information links on energy efficient buildings, solar and wind technology
Energy Systems Research Unit (ESRU)
ESRU focuses on simulation-based design tools for traditional & renewable energy systems in the built environment.
Energy Technical Support Unit (ETSU)
ETSU deals with large scale technologies, such as renewable energy schemes.
Enertia
Shows methods of building new homes and offices using natural, renewable materials & forces
EnviroLink: the online environmental community
The site includes the EnviroLink Library, and EnviroNews.
Environmental Building News
Newsletter with information on energy & resource-efficient, healthy building practices, including articles, tips, product reviews, construction details & case studies.
Environmental Design & Construction
An online magazine with articles, news & product details for economical and sustainable design and construction, with an archive of articles back to 1998.
ETDEWEB: World Energy Base
Energy Technology Data Exchange covers environmental impact of energy production & use, including climate change; energy policy, R&D, & renewable energy technologies. There are over a million bibliographic records with more than 4.million downloadable full text pages.
European Renewable Energy Exchange
EuroREX is an information provider, devoted to the promotion of renewable energy in Europe, & although some services are charged for, general information is free.
European Suppliers of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building Products and Services (James & James)
The database holds the details of over 6,000 companies & organisations, all of them European-based specialists.
Faswall
achieving passive & active solar environments.
Forests Forever
The Fact File is an on-line reference library for architects and construction professionals seeking information about specifying timber on environmental grounds.
Friends of Kebyar
This is an Oregon non-profit, international network advocating creative, organic & unusual solutions to the challenge's facing today's architects. A List of Fellows includes click-on links to architects' websites, & there are related creative links & a discussion forum.
Friends of the Earth
This is a lobbying group dedicated to "building a better future for ourselves & our planet".
Green Architect
Part of the Architectural Record homepage, the site has full text articles on green buildings & issues, plus product information.
Green Building Store
The Company specialises in environmentally sensitive building products.
Green Design/Sustainable Architecture: Information Sources
UC Berkeley Library has produced this extensive list of books, reference materials, and web resources, related to sustainable design.
Healthy House Institute
Aims to help to improve the interior environment of the home, particularly indoor air quality, with articles, news, links.
Hockerton Housing Project
This is the web site of the UK's first earth sheltered, self-sufficient ecological housing development. The Virtual Tour is still under construction, but under the same heading there is 'The Hockerton Housing Project -design lessons for developers and clients'.
Home Energy
A bimonthly magazine with articles on sustainable construction, materials & methods.
Hubbell & Hubbell: artists & architects
A practice claiming innovative design work & sensitivity to the environment.
In Context: a quarterly of humane sustainable culture
An on-line journal of international articles and reviews on sustainable culture, including architecture.
Indoor Environment Department - LBL
A department of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, the site covers the work of various research groups involved in energy performance of buildings, ventilation & airflow, etc., in both residential & commercial structures.
Local Agenda 21 UK
The site is dedicated to helping Local Authorities to deal with Agenda 21 issues such as Eco-Management & Audit Schemes (EMAS).
Maine Solar House
With the case study of a house designed by William Lord, the site also includes links to other solar resources, including the journal "Home Power".
Natural Building Resources
This organization was created to promote information and activities related to natural building, sustainable architecture, and ecological living. There are comments on construction techniques, a photo gallery, & bibliography.
National Environmental Information Resource Center
The George Washington ' Green University' initiative, including environmental information resources, also listed by country.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Look under 'Research and Technology' for information on buildings, materials and energy; look under 'Data and Documents' for US solar radiation data and maps, wind energy resource maps, and further links to energy sources on the web.
New Urbanism
‘NEW URBANISM is the most important planning movement this century’. It is an international (US) movement to reform the design of the built environment, & raise our quality of life and standard of living by creating better places to live.
Not So Big House
An attractive site with lots of information on simplicity, sustainability & energy efficiency, as well as case studies & links to other resources.
Oikos: Green Building Source
The Oikos site has (US) product & company information, plus Green Building News.
Ra Environmental Design & Building
A firm which offers alternative design to build healthy sustainable living systems, integrating strawbales with wood/cement block called
Rammed Earth Works
The company is a leading exponent in the research & development of modern earth construction, & the site gives examples of revolutionary techniques (PISE), plus a project portfolio.
Re Focus: the International Renewable Energy Magazine
Covers all areas of renewable energy, including a regular “Sustainable Building” column, solar architecture & photovoltaics.
Regeneration-UK.com
A reference guide to regeneration information on the Internet, the site has links to over 400 related websites across the UK, including links to the latest regeneration news headlines & key documents, such as the DETR's Urban White Paper.
Sapling: Sapling Sustainability Gateway
A gateway to links and news on topics which include sustainability, communities, countryside, ecological design, environmental management, forestry, & land use.
SD Gateway
On-line information developed by the Sustainable Development Communications Network, plus over 1,200 documents available on SD Topics, events, a roster of mailing lists and news sites dealing with sustainable development.
Solar Century
An independent, marketing-led company, promoting sustainability & social responsibility & supplying the "world's leading solar electric technologies."
SunAngle
A tool designed by Christopher Gronbeck to help calculate sun angles for use in building design, photography, etc., plus tools for overhang design & calculating window heat gain.
Sustainable Architecture, Building & Culture
A compendium of links & content related to Ecological & Natural Building Proponents.
Sustainable Building Sources
Part of the Austin City Connection homepage, this is a useful source of links on sustainable building practices, products & techniques, & also has an online version of the Sustainable Building Resourcebook, developed for the Austin Green Builder Programme.
Sustainable Construction Website
Sustainable housing, development & construction, generally & in Somerset in particular, with exemplar housing projects & downloadable files on sustainable issues.
Sustainable Development Gateway
Produced by the Sustainable Development Communications Network, this site offers a huge number of links on sustainable development, arranged both alphabetically & by concept.
Sustainable Society DIRECTORY
The DIRECTORY aims to offer a clear & comprehensive guide to environmental issues. There are links to organisations in an A- Z list, plus themed links, such as Green Housing.
Timber Building in Australia
An impressive website from the University of Tasmania, offering technical data, environmental issues, research articles & details of dozens of projects in Australia (with good images), plus a project in Hooke Park, Dorset in the UK.
Timber Framing Magazine Online
Along with a complete guide to designing & building timber frame houses, the site includes an Alternative Building Methods section, with a checklist for environmentally conscious design & construction.
Tsui Design & Research Inc
A design firm displaying strikingly original architecture with an eye for economy & ecological preservation.
Urban Ecology Australia
Operated by a community group committed to the evolution of ecological cities, the site has really useful links which include Ecopolis Pty Ltd & the Halifax EcoCity Project, & also gives access to the Sustainability Web Ring.
Vital Signs Project
VSP seeks to instil into architectural students a fundamental awareness about how their design decisions affect a building's physical performance, with measurement techniques, resource packages, & case studies.
William McDonough & Partners: architects & planners
McDonough has been called "Hero for the Planet" by Time magazine. The site contains details of selected projects, plus a bibliography & links.
Yahoo UK & Ireland Science: Energy
Energy websites can be searched for on a world-wide basis, or restricted to UK sources.
Zero Emissions Development Website
Bill Dunster & ZedFactory, BedZed & SkyZed: projects, products, and ethical development.
